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UNTTEE sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

REUBEN A. HOLMES, OF NW YORK, Y.

HARNESS-BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 5,790, dated Septembenl), 1848.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, REUBEN A. HOLMES, of the city, count-y, and lStateof New York, have invented a new and useful Buckle for ConnectingHorseHarness and for other Purposes; and'I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description of the construction andapplication thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, makingpart of this specification, in which-k Figure 1 isa perspective viewshowing the construction of the buckle, and Fig. 2 represents the modeof connecting harness work thereby.

This buckle consists of a hollow metallic case A, the sides and bottom(or face) of which are slightly convex, and withinwhich are two roundcross-bars b, '0, which extend from side to side, and are permanentlysecured therein. To one of these crossbars the tongue CZ is connected,one end thereof At each end of the case is an aperture to receive thestraps to be connected.

E F, Fig, 2, are sections of straps coni nected by the buckle,each strappassing over f one of the cross-bars and being secured by the tonguewhich passes through the strap. Thisbuckle is not restricted to anyparticular position, but is intended to be generally adjusted :sothatthe plain face side shall appear in front. It has anv advantageoverv other kinds, not only iny appearance, but by preservimgl theconnected jointsgof the harness and allowing both straps to be shortenedor lengthened at the same time.

. ^What I claim as my invention and desire

